... NEIGHBORS ARE HEARTBROKEN FOR THE FAMILY ... AND STILL LEFT WONDERING WHY THIS HAPPENED. MORE INFORMATION IS BEING RELEASED ABOUT THE DEATH OF A WOMAN IN NEWPORT. TUESDAY AFTERNOON ... A 9-1- 1 CALL WAS MADE STATING A WOMAN HAD BEEN SHOT AT A MAPLE STREET HOME. <CLIP 10 :21-:30 THERE THEY DID DISCOVER PEGGY CLARKE SHE WAS 75 YEARS OLD, SHE HAD SUFFERED A SINGLE SHOT WOUND TO THE CHEST.> AN AUTOPSY DETERMINED THAT GUNSHOT WOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. NEIGHBORS SAY PEGGY LIVED AT THE HOME WITH HER HUSBAND ... <NEWPORT SOUND :19-:24 THEY KEPT TO THEMSELVES, THEY WERE NICE, FRIENDLY WHEN THEY WERE OUTSIDE AND WE WERE OUTSIDE THEY ALWAYS TALKED FOR A FEW MINUTES.> ONE WOMAN WHO LIVES DOWN THE ROAD SAYS THE CLARKE'S WERE ALWAYS GOOD NEIGHBORS. SHE SAYS SHE USED TO GO BOWLING WITH PEGGY AND A GROUP OF LADIES BUT SHE HASN'T SEEN MUCH OF HER AS THEY'VE BOTH GOTTEN OLDER. <CLIP FROM OASIS VERY HELPFUL AND EVERYTHING SHE WAS SHE WAS VERY INTELLIGENT A VERY SMART GIRL.> NEWS OF HER DEATH LEAVING NEIGHBORS IN SHOCK. <NEWPORT SOUND 1:15- 1:20 IT WAS DEFINITELY SURPRISING I JUST HOPE THEY FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND FIGURE OUT WHY.> INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC .... THEY'VE IDENTIFIED WHO WAS INVOLVED, BUT INVESTIGATORS STILL ASK IF ANYONE SAW OR HEARD ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN THAT A

A 75-year-old Newport woman was shot and killed Tuesday in her home, investigators said.Officials identified the victim as Margaret "Peggy" Clarke and said she was found dead in her home at 553 Maple St. >> Download the FREE WMUR app“There, they did discover Peggy Clarke,” said Senior Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Agati. “She was 75 years old. She had suffered a single shot wound to the chest.”Police responded to the home after a 911 caller said a woman had been shot. Clarke's death was determined to be a homicide, officials said. Neighbors said Clarke lived in her Newport home with her husband.“They kept to themselves,” Marisa Morse said. “They were nice, friendly. When they were outside and we were outside, they always talked for a few minutes.”One woman who lives down the road said the Clarkes were always good neighbors. She said she used to go bowling with Clarke and a group of other women, but she hasn't seen much of her as they've both gotten older.“Very helpful and everything,” neighbor Beulah Benson said. “She was she was very intelligent a very smart girl.”News of Clarke’s death left neighbors in shock.“It was definitely surprising,” Morse said. “I just hope they figure out exactly what happened and figure out why.”Investigators said there is no threat to the public. They've identified who was involved but have not filed any charges at this time.“There are a couple of forensic things that need to be done with evidence that would've been collected from the scene,” Agati said. “That's typical in pretty much all of our cases.”Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact state police Detective Sgt. William Bright at 603-223-4381 or William.Bright@dos.nh.gov.

NEWPORT, N.H. —

A 75-year-old Newport woman was shot and killed Tuesday in her home, investigators said.

Officials identified the victim as Margaret "Peggy" Clarke and said she was found dead in her home at 553 Maple St.

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“There, they did discover Peggy Clarke,” said Senior Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Agati. “She was 75 years old. She had suffered a single shot wound to the chest.”

Police responded to the home after a 911 caller said a woman had been shot. Clarke's death was determined to be a homicide, officials said.

Neighbors said Clarke lived in her Newport home with her husband.

“They kept to themselves,” Marisa Morse said. “They were nice, friendly. When they were outside and we were outside, they always talked for a few minutes.”

One woman who lives down the road said the Clarkes were always good neighbors. She said she used to go bowling with Clarke and a group of other women, but she hasn't seen much of her as they've both gotten older.

“Very helpful and everything,” neighbor Beulah Benson said. “She was she was very intelligent a very smart girl.”

News of Clarke’s death left neighbors in shock.

“It was definitely surprising,” Morse said. “I just hope they figure out exactly what happened and figure out why.”

Investigators said there is no threat to the public. They've identified who was involved but have not filed any charges at this time.

“There are a couple of forensic things that need to be done with evidence that would've been collected from the scene,” Agati said. “That's typical in pretty much all of our cases.”

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact state police Detective Sgt. William Bright at 603-223-4381 or William.Bright@dos.nh.gov.